Chapter 243: Life Always Has to Face Separation
After He Shu watched a movie with Xia Miao, he sent her home.
I looked at the time and went straight to my godfather's car wash.
Since New Year's Day, the car dealership's business has been getting better and better.
Aunt Liu’s son just got married, so he will probably be busy for a few days, and the store is short of staff.
When they arrived at the car dealership, He Shu changed into his godfather's work clothes, talked with Brother Xiao Dong for a while, and then went to help clean the car.
He temporarily put Lai Huaguang's matter behind him.
He Shu's personality is not that of a vengeful person. He will only resist when he is forced into an unbearable situation.
Moreover, the things that happened in the past two years seemed as long as half a lifetime for He Shu.
He experienced family affection, had the purest love, and also witnessed the worst things and the worst people in the world.
Compared with what happened in the past two years, especially the time he spent in Nanzhan Prison, the bullying he suffered in school seemed like a very small matter.
But during that most lonely, helpless, and darkest period of his life, these little things actually caused great harm to He Shu...
His calmness now can only be attributed to the fact that he has survived the period of hatred...
After finishing the work, godfather arranged a meal for us at the restaurant as usual. Firstly, today is New Year's Day, the beginning of the new year.
Secondly, it is also to celebrate He Shu’s return.
The people at the car wash, including Brother Dong, all thought that He Shu had been in Dadu since he was taken away and didn't know anything else.
However, no one had seen He Shu for a long time, so the atmosphere during dinner was very lively.
Especially Brother Xiao Dong, he was arm in arm with He Shu all night.
Brother Dong attended the wedding of Aunt Liu's son today. After coming back, he felt a little envious because he is already 25 years old and doesn't even have a girlfriend.
He Shu is only 20 years old, and he has a girlfriend...
In fact, Xiao Dong has worked for Zhao Qishui for several years. Zhao Qishui never keeps anything to himself and has not held back at all on his car repair skills.
He also treats Xiao Dong as his own son or nephew, and is actually very concerned about his lifelong affairs.
After a few drinks, Xiao Dong hugged He Shu and said, "My parents want me to go home for a blind date. People get married early in the countryside. If it works out, I won't come back."
He Shu looked at his godfather. Brother Dong was leaving?
"Brother Xiao Dong, you can come back after you get married, right? Can't you settle down in Danhe?"
Xiao Dong shook his head: "My parents think that I have learned enough after several years, so I can open a small repair shop and start a family to make ends meet."
"So what do you think?" He Shu felt that Brother Dong didn't want to leave.
Xiao Dong rarely said anything. Zhao Qishui finished a mouthful of white wine and said, "Your parents are right. If you can get married, you can stop being my apprentice."
Although he is called an apprentice, Zhao Qishui has actually been paying Xiao Dong the salary of a skilled car mechanic for the past two years.
"Master, I don't want to go home. I want to stay in Dan River."
"If you don't go back, what will happen to your parents?"
In rural areas, especially for a family with a son like Xiao Dong's, the parents will definitely live with their son in the future.
He has a younger sister who is about to take the college entrance exam. There are only the two old people left at home, and they have land, so it is not practical to bring her to the city.
"It's good to go back. We have a highway in Ningjiangkou. I heard that there will be a high-speed railway in the future. It will develop slowly ."
Zhao Qishui was also reluctant to leave Xiao Dong, but sooner or later a disciple would have to go out on his own and it was impossible for him to follow his master forever.
At the dinner table, Xiao Dong didn't say anything more, but He Shu could see that he was very conflicted.
After dinner, He Shu drove the other employees home and then went back to the car wash to pick up his godfather.
I saw my godfather and Brother Xiao Dong sitting in the store smoking, and the master and apprentice had the same posture.
He Shu didn't even know when Brother Dong learned to smoke.
"Godfather, Brother Xiao Dong."
He Shu greeted him, and Zhao Qishui looked up and smiled: "Have you sent them all back?"
"Yeah." He Shu looked at Brother Xiaodong's slightly red eyes and said, "Brother Xiaodong, why are you smoking too?"
Xiao Dong chuckled twice and said, "Just for fun."
Zhao Qishui stood up and patted the cigarette ashes on his body: "Okay, let's go home, Xiaodong, please close the door."
Brother Dong agreed, sent He Shu and Zhao Qishui out, and then lowered the rolling door.
On the way back, He Shu couldn't help but ask Zhao Qishui: "Godfather, when will Brother Xiao Dong leave?"
"He will go back for the New Year this year to take a look, and he hasn't decided yet."
He Shu nodded and didn't ask any more questions.
This world is always separating and reuniting, and separation is inevitable, but there is no need to take it too seriously.
Although no one will always be with you, there will always be someone who will be with you.
If you think this way, you won’t feel lonely or sad about the future.
"It's good for Xiaodong to go back. He has someone to rely on here. He doesn't want to think about repairing the car and relies on me for everything. Without me, he can start his own business."
"That kid has all the skills and can endure hardships, but he's just lazy. We need to let him do it on his own sooner rather than later. Then he'll mature if we force him."
Zhao Qishui sighed. After training this apprentice for so many years, it would be impossible for him not to feel reluctant to let go.
But Master, once a teacher, always a father, and he also hopes that Xiao Dong can surpass him.
This kind of feeling is no less than the desire between a father and his son for their son to become successful.
"Godfather, Ningjiangkou is not far from Danhe. Even if Brother Xiaodong goes back, we can still keep in touch."
"Hehe, out of sight, out of mind. Why keep in touch after he's gone?" Zhao Qishui laughed twice.
He Shu knew that his godfather was hard on the outside but soft on the inside. He usually scolded Xiao Dong the most harshly, but in fact, he was also the one who cared about Xiao Dong the most.
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On the other side, Lai Huaguang drove to a barbecue restaurant.
His cool sports car attracted a lot of people's attention, which made Lai Huaguang very satisfied.
On the way here just now, he had already contacted those old classmates to have a reunion here.
When we entered the barbecue restaurant, Wang Yong and his friends were already there.
"Hey? Why are there just the two of you? Where's Xiao Fang?"
Lai Huaguang invited three people, former junior high school classmates, who were the only three who were in contact and still in Danhe, but only two of them showed up.
Wang Yong stuffed a bean into his mouth and said with a smile, "His girlfriend won't let me come."
Lai Huaguang said dissatisfiedly: "I don't even know who the partner will be in the future, and you are already being controlled?"
Wang Yong and the fat man Zhou Qiang next to him just smiled and said nothing.
Lai Huaguang dragged out a stool and sat down, looked at the table, called the boss to bring some more meat skewers and seafood, then took out a box of good cigarettes and threw it to the two of them.
"I just saw Xia Miao and He Shu in the mall."
As soon as he finished speaking, Wang Yong, who was about to unpack the cigarette, stopped and glanced at Zhou Qiang.
Zhou Qiang's face also looked a little unhappy, because several of them had bullied He Shu in the past.
However, He Shu and Xia Miao were the two most promising students in their group.
Others were studying at either Huaqing or Dadu College, but they all dropped out of school and entered society early.
His family conditions were not as good as Lai Huaguang's. He had been hanging around in society for two or three years, with his pockets clean and his face clean. He had also experienced the beatings of society.
Now when they heard Lai Huaguang mention He Shu, Wang Yong and Zhou Qiang felt a little uncomfortable.
